At The Auction

Original I wrote, after attending 'estate auctions' and noticing all the personal items being sold.

Lyrics:
At The Auction

V1
Well I'm getting too old to live all alone
I can't tend to the farm any more
So I rented a suite at an old folks home
And moved there a few weeks ago

I cant bring too many things to the old folk's home
There isn't a whole lot of room
So theyre having an auction of my so-called estate
Where theyll sell almost all that I own

Chorus:
At The Auction theyre selling my life away
All the remnants of what used to be
At the Auction youre buying my memories
Please take care of them - they meant so much to me

V2:
There's the dishes we got for a wedding gift
There's the table where we ate all our meals
There's the silverware we used for so many years
There's the books that she used to read

There's the seashells we found on our honeymoon
There's the dresser where she kept her nice clothes
There's all of the treasures that she loved so dearly
At The Auction everything goes

V3
There's the microwave and the TV trays and the waffle iron
There's the coffee pot and the griddle and the pans
There's the chainsaws and the shovels and my other tools
There's the drums from when I played in a band

There's the sofa we sat close together on
There's the quilt that she made just for me
There's the bed where she whispered her final I love you
At The Auction heartaches are free

Category:

Music

Tags:

• At The Auction
• Johnnydoxx

[Johnnydoxx]

Thanks for listening and the kudos - yes I play the guitars, drums, keyboards, and keybass (not bass guitar). (And sing too) But not all at once!!